Insurance Litigation, Claims, & Consulting

• Health Insurance Feature Article Quoting Quadrino on Healthcare Reimbursement Issues

  Managed Care Advisor (Contracting & Reimbursement), a national publication for medical professionals, ran a feature story about Richard Quadrino's use of ERISA as a little-known leverage point that medical…
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• The New York Law Journal Runs Front Page Story on QS Victory Against Workers’ Comp Board

  The New York Law Journal published a front page story about a Quadrino Schwartz victory in convincing a court to strike down a New York Workers' Compensation Board decision that revoked a doctor's privileges…
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• Richard Quadrino Interviewed by Chiropractic Online Radio

  Chiropractic Online is a national forum on the web that contains "podcasts" as a new and upcoming way for chiropractors to receive important information to stay up to date in their practices. …
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• Victory at Trial Against First Unum

  Jury Rejects First Unum’s Tactics and Renders Total Disability Verdict  Quadrino Schwartz has dealt a blow to First Unum and obtained a long-awaited trial victory for its client. The jury…
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• New York Law Journal Publishes Article Written by Evan Schwartz and Michail Hack

  Two attorneys of the firm wrote an article concerning a critically important decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding how ERISA cases should be handled in the federal courts.  The New York Law…
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• ERISA Litigation: Supreme Court Ruling Undermines Jury Trial Ban

  When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit initially determined, in Sullivan v. LTV Aerospace and Defense Co....

• Evidence Preservation Order Granted on Quadrino Schwartz Motion in Class Action

  In a class action in New York's Supreme Court alleging improper claims handling by some of the nation's largest insurance companies, Quadrino Schwartz, representing the plaintiff and the proposed…
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• Partner Reacts to New York State Insurance Department’s Discretionary Clause Announcement

  Evan Schwartz, a partner at Quadrino Schwartz in Garden City, N.Y., recently shared his reaction to the New York State Insurance Department's announcement to invalidate discretionary clauses in health…
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• New York Federal Judge Will Hold Hearing on Medical Witness Testimony

  NEW YORK - A New York judge on Jan. 25 said he will hold a hearing to allow live testimony by the parties’ medical experts to assist in determining whether a claimant with heart disease is capable…
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• Disability Insurance: Proceed With Caution

  Annmarie Hurley still remembers a conversation more than 13 years ago with her boss, Dr. Fred Danziger, as if it were yesterday. Dr. Danziger, a dentist in Long Beach, N.Y., asked Ms. Hurley, then a 26-year-old…
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• DA Finds Lawyers In Middle of Scam

  Partner Evan Schwartz predicts -- and turns our to be right -- that charges against attorneys by the Suffolk County District Attorney are unfounded.  Mr. Schwartz was interviewed by…
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• Failure to Preserve E-Mails Bring Criticism From Judge

  A MANHATTAN federal judge has castigated the nation’s largest provider of disability insurance, accused in a class action suit of plotting to deny high-cost claims, for failing to take adequate steps…
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• Defendant Failed to Confirm That Distributor’s Employee Had Authority to Enter Into Contract

  Fruit and vegetable distributor brought this suit pursuant to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, seeking to be released from potential liability arising out of a written agreement entered…
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• Changes in Regulations Fails to Reverse Rulings

  Insurer Must Pay for Services from Multi-Care ClinicsMINEOLA - A change in insurance regulations has failed to prompt a federal judge to reverse his ruling issued last year in a decision that could affect…
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• UnumProvident Gets Hit With Lawsuit Over Claims Procedure

  NEW YORK - November 7 (BestWire) - A New York law firm has filed a lawsuit against UnumProvident Corp. (NYSE:UNM) and its subsidiaries, alleging that the company gave financial incentives to employees…
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